The free Adobe Reader can only convert from PDF to Word if you have a subscription to Adobe's ExportPDF service (http://exportpdf.adobe.com). Without this, you cannot convert from PDF to Word in Reader.
You can also convert from PDF to Word using Adobe Acrobat.
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